Kunzea capitata subsp. capitata (Sm.) Heynh. APNI* Description: Spreading shrubs up to 2.5 m tall, usually with few to many stems.
Leaves elliptic-oblong, rarely narrowly ovate, mostly 7–10 mm long and 2.5–4.5 mm wide, flat except for the “pinched” recurved apex; veins usually visible, 3–5 (–9); upper surface usually glabrous, lower surface with long hairs; margins usually tuberculate.
Sepals acute to acuminate, up to twice as long as broad. Sepals and hypanthium covered with silky spreading hairs usually > 1 mm long.
Flowering: September to November.
Distribution and occurrence: From the Grafton area south to the Sydney region. Mostly found in heath on sandy soils but also associated with emphemeral swampy areas (particularly on the South Coast).
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC, SC
Text by Peter G. Wilson, August 2019
Taxon concept: H. Toelken, Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardardens 29 (2016)
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